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November 23, 2009

Inmates remain hospitalized after prison fights

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Four Oklahoma prison inmates remain hospitalized with stab wounds after a series of fights broke out at three separate prisons.



Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie says all four inmates from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite were in stable condition Monday.



Meanwhile, Massie says medium-security prisons across the state remain on lockdown status, which limits inmate movement inside the facilities.



A total of six inmates were transported to hospitals after fights erupted Saturday at the Granite prison, the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy and the Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing.



Massie says the fights were between American Indian and Hispanic inmates and authorities believe the attacks were coordinated.

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